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From: susan@madvax.UUCP (Susan Finkelman)
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Subject: Re: Career vs. Relationship?
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 16:09:18 EST
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> 
> I sure hope not, because I'm gonna flame it (flame opinions, not people!)
> I think that it is beautiful and wonderful for a man to give up his
> independence, economic autonomy, career, and education for his woman.
> I do *not* think that women should do this.  It is beneath a woman's 
> dignity to give up everything she stands for in the interests of an 
> harmonious domestic life.  If a man wants a well-kept house, a nice
> dinner when he comes home from work, and his kids to be well looked
> after, then he can damn well do it all himself.  Me, I'll eat out
> of the fridge (or just plain eat out), clean my house once a year
> (whether it needs it or not), and avoid the concept of progeny until
> I can afford a governess or something.  Ellen isn't being selfish,
		 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> she's being realistic.  Whether a man is a wimp or not is irrelevant,
> except to other men.  What really matters is what he does for his
> woman.
> 
> Cheryl

And just who do you think is going to be a governess?  A highschool kid?
Or more traditionally an underpaid woman.  If you don't want a family,
fine.  If you choose to have a family you are occasionally going to have
to give up something.  If you'd prefer to always have everything your
way, please, please, avoid having children.

  Susan Finkelman
	{zehntel,amd,fortune,resonex,rtech}!varian!susan